Olsen twin jokes go too far at Bob Sagets celebrity roast

The cast of Full House at the New York Minute premiere on 5/1/04. Credit: Axelle/Bauer Griffin

Celebrity roasts are by definition raunchy. They’re filled with the kind of humor that pushes the envelope. And when the bar is set at that standard, it can be hard not to go overboard. But apparently Bob Saget, (who – despite his Full House image – has been doing a very bawdy stand up act for the last thirty plus years) was upset by some of the jokes at his celebrity roast for Comedy Central. There were a ton of Olsen twin barbs, which one would think Saget would have known to expect. And I’m guessing he did, but that actually hearing the jokes was too much for him.

Bob Saget says some of his comic friends went too far by hurling crude jokes and sexual references at Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen during his “roast” Sunday night. “Anybody who talks about my TV kids – that upsets me the most,” Saget told The Post. “I am very protective. I love them very, very much.”

John Stamos, Saget’s former “Full House” co-star, emceed – and took the first swipe at the 22-year-old moguls. “The whole time Bob and I were doing ‘Full House,’ he was also hosting ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ ” he said. “His entire job consisted of saying ‘Take a look at this’ which is what he used to say to Mary Kate in her dressing room.”

Afterward, Stamos said he has no idea how the Olsen sisters will react. “I truthfully don’t know where their sense of humor lies these days,” he said. “I thought some of [the roast] was a little over the top. They’re still my friends,” he said of Mary-Kate and Ashley. “I think [the comics] crossed the line a few times.”

Not that Gilbert Gottfried – who suggested in his routine that Saget seduced his TV kids with chocolate milkshakes – seemed to care. “If you are an Olsen girl, you deserve it,” he said. “They’re going to just have to go home and cry in their billions of dollars.”

[From the New York Post]

Obviously the jokes are merely alluded to (aside from Stamos’), so it’s tough to say just how over the line they were. I did a little searching and couldn’t find any of the specific jokes. I’m a firm believer that truly great comedy often pushes the limits. But… I don’t know, it sounds like these were probably the kind of limits that everyone knows you don’t push.

The show will air on Comedy Central on August 17th, so we’ll probably get an idea of the jokes then. But it’s obviously edited for television – and Bob Saget has editorial approval as well. And he’s made it clear where he stands, so we might be left with 2 hours of watching comedians push their salads around their dinner plates.

Here are some photos from Bob Saget’s roast on 8/3/08 including John Stamos, Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin and Dave Coulier. Bob Saget is shown with Michelle Ghaltchi. Credit: Jody Cortes/WENN

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